#1Film, TV & Stage
Bruce LaBruce
born 1964Canadian filmmaker
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Port Elgin, Ontario
Leaders stand out among the 14 famous people born in Port Elgin
At the top of the list is the Canadian filmmaker Bruce LaBruce, covered in 18 languages. Most were born between Confederation and 1913: 10 of them. For every 10,000 residents the town has 7.7, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there. The list runs from George Lynch-Staunton, born in 1858, to Adam Mitchell, born in 1982.
Born here
14
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bruce LaBruce
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1858
George Lynch-Staunton
Youngest
1982
Adam Mitchell
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Port Elgin is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.6 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
The best known
Born in Port Elgin
Bruce LaBruce, David Milne and Alda Wilson are written about in 18, 9 and 8 languages.
#1
#2Writing & Arts
David Milne
1882–1953Canadian painter, printmaker, and writer
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Notable
Alda Wilson
1910–1993Canadian athletics competitor
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Port Elgin’s famous people were born
The 1880s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
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One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Port Elgin
Still to come: 11 more, from 1858 to 1982.
Charles Lightfoot Roman
1889–1961Canadian surgeon, author, researcher and pioneer in field of industrial medicine
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Questions about famous people from Port Elgin
Who is the most famous person from Port Elgin?
Bruce LaBruce (Canadian filmmaker) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come David Milne and Alda Wilson.
How many famous people were born in Port Elgin?
Wikidata places 17 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Port Elgin known for?
They make up 57% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Port Elgin?
George Lynch-Staunton (1858). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Port Elgin?
Born inside Port Elgin’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Bruce LaBruce: Andymiah, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Milne: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alda Wilson: Unknown (Keystone-France), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Mitchell: BKLuis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Lynch-Staunton: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lightfoot Roman: Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).